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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a high school teacher.

None of your kids need their phones on them in class. Not one. They stay in the pouch and the class environment is 10x better than it’s been in years. They’re talking to each other, completing their work, engaging in the lesson. If they finish work early, they pull out their book and read or talk to one another, or finish work for another class instead of scrolling.

It doesn’t matter if you think YOUR kid will never touch theirs or will only do when they finish their work. Most don’t do that. The constant “put your phone away, put your phone away” reminders are gone so the lesson is less interrupted. They’re not rushing their work to sit and scroll. They’re not bombarded with 200 notifications from their group chats and snap while they try to focus. They’re not texting you about whatever nonsense you think just can’t wait until the end of the day. EVERYONE is better off when they’re required to be in that pouch. [/quote]

Another HS teacher.  While this is true, the pouches will never work because such a large percentage will put something else in pouch (an old phone, a fake phone, an empty phone case).  The pouches are wasting tax dollars.  It will be the same as it is now when we collect phones.  I wish you would all keep them at home.  That is the only true way to prevent them from being used in class.  [/quote]

A large percentage also put their actual phone in the pouch; and of the "large percentage" gaming the system....how many of them are you seeing out and collecting during classes? Experience is showing that it is NOT the same with pouches as it was without them. There are legitimate reasons for students to take their phones to school, even if they aren't needed to be used during class or even during the school day. Sometimes my kid texts me after school to let me know they're staying to work on something instead of coming home. Sometimes there's a message they need to see before they get on the bus to come home. Some students walk or drive and parents want them to have phones for safety/emergency purposes.

If you want every student to keep their phone at home, I expect you to do the same.[/quote]

That actually sounds lovely, I would love to break my addition and maybe I’d be sleeping instead of on here right now.

But the school have these rules.  Look, I don’t care if kids have their phones.  If they are an issue, keep them at home.  The main reason I wish they would is because these new procedures keep giving us more to manage in the classroom.  It was easier before when each of us was left to our own classroom management.  I don’t care if your kid needs to check a quick text from you.  I really don’t.  [/quote]

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